Nature is very angry, additional CO2 in the atmosphere is causing untold issues for affecting virtually every person on the planet in one way or another.

A couple of weeks ago, I was personally affected by the fact the fact that the cruise ship I am sailing on had to skip the port of Torshaven in the Faroe Islands due to high winds and unexpected weather.

Then later, it skipped its second port in Greenland when the water was too cold for the ship's desalination system.

Changing weather patterns are causing "the best laid plans of men to go astray." In this Alert, I chronicle some of those unanticipated weather events that are happening now and what they mean for the future.

A Marine Heat Wave in Europe
In recent years, the Mediterranean has been subject to powerful warm conditions These incidents have intensified this year; the sea temperatures reached a record 91.4F off the coast of Corsica. A marine heatwave is defined as an extended period of relatively abnormal high sea temperatures. In this case. Since the 1980s, these marine heatwaves have doubled in frequency.

Sadly, in almost one thousand field surveys, researchers found that 58 percent of them included evidence of the widespread mortality of marine life, and that loss was closely correlated with periods of extreme heat. Marine heatwaves also affect marine traffic

Heat Waves in China, the US, and Elsewhere Have Slammed Economies
Think about it. When there is a serious heatwave, it reduces people's interest in shopping and even going outside; it creates additional physical stress causing some folks to end up in hospitals; and it uses more energy for air conditioners, straining electrical grids.

A Longer Atlantic Hurricane Season
I believe that due to worsening weather, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will soon expand the official hurricane season in the US from 15-May to 30 November. Not surprisingly, NOAA is also forecasting an "above-normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season."

Floods Worldwide Destroy Homes and Infrastructure
While droughts in some parts of the world are challenging areas that have not had lack of water problems in a while, recent deadly floods in Pakistan, the US, Australia, and South Africa have attracted the attention of many. Pakistan is experiencing the worst flooding since the 1960s.

Torrential rains in five communities, including in Texas, Mississippi, and Kentucky, have been so intense that they were expected just once in a 1000 years; these downpours devastated people, homes, roads, and more.

Australia declared a state of emergency after heavy rains soaked parts of southeastern Queensland. And on the continent of Africa, in Uganda and South Africa, severe flooding has caused significant loss of life. In April of this year, days of heavy rains across KwaZulu-Natal in southeastern South Africa led to deadly floods.

At least 435 people died across the province, with an untold number of people missing as well. Several thousand homes were damaged or destroyed.

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